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FBI spy powers face new Capitol Hill scrutiny

FBI spy powers face new Capitol Hill scrutinySecrecy is the enemy of freedomSecret police, secret searches, secret evidence, secret courts, secret prisons. Welcome to the new America, land of the not-so-free and home of the really-not-brave. Where the authorities whisper "terrorist" and American citizens run and hide underneath their beds....

Tags: Federal government, liberty, Benjamin Franklin, security, FBI, Secrecy

Discussion threads 2007-07-26

FTC takes aim at alleged spyware distributor

FTC takes aim at alleged spyware distributorSTRING EM UP!!as well as all like them and thier clients (ie. people who use this crapware as a marketing venue).- Samouch"FTC investigators claim that the defendants were able to download and install the software without triggering IE's notification message that such activity was...

Tags: Web browsers, Tools & Techniques, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Benjamin Franklin, Microsoft Internet Explorer, software, FTC, computer, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-10-08

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Royal Society papers provide science, history resources

The 350th anniversary of Britain's Royal Society (making it the world's oldest scientific institution) will be marked by the release of a vast library of papers online from the likes of Sir Isacc Newton and Benjamin Franklin. This isn't just science nerd stuff, though. This is a treasure...

Tags: Science, Site, Web Site Development, Search, Internet, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-11-29

Works of Benjamin Franklin: Way To Wealth and ILLUSTRATED Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (Mobile)

Features Navigate from Table of Contents or search for words or phrases Make bookmarks, notes, highlights Searchable and interlinked. Access the e-book anytime, anywhere - at home, on the train, in the subway. Automatic synchronization between the handheld and the desktop PC. You could read half of the book on...

Tags: Mobile, Biology, MobileReference

Software downloads 2009-09-10

BizQuotes 1.0 (Mobile)

BizQuotes provides you business quotes from the world's most successful business leaders. With the touch of a button you can have business wisdom and principles from many great minds including Benjamin Franklin, Warren Buffett, Mark Twain, Ted Turner, Colin Powell, Henry Ford, Dale Carnegie, Stephen Covey, and Andrew Carnegie.

Tags: Mobile, Internet Inferno, BizQuotes, Internet, Leadership, Management

Software downloads 2009-07-24

Famous Documents 1.3.1 (Mobile)

Some of history's most famous documents in your hands. Over the thousands of years of recorded history, there have been some pretty amazing documents. Some were part of changing mankind forever. Enjoy instant access to these treasures wherever you go. Famous Documents contains documents such as Magna Carta, U.S. Constitution,...

Tags: Document, Mobile, SwampBits, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-06-24

Virtues 1.0 (Mobile)

Virtues allows you to set up your own custom virtues or use Benjamin Franklin's original 13 starter set. The daily tracking is very intuitive and fun. You can even set up target scores and keep daily comments. If you are not sure what Virtue to select, you can let the...

Tags: Mobile, Virtue, Equilibrium Enterprises, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-04-16

Federal CIO on leave following FBI sting at DC offices

Federal CIO on leave following FBI sting at DC officesI Obama'd the story votes for ya!"Kundra... has not been linked to the raid,"Is that your definition of "busted"?is this 'change'?only days after taking office the apointee was busted.We'll see what the story is in due course......but looks like President Obama...

Tags: Federal government, FBI

Discussion threads 2009-03-13

More rumors: Apple to sell $99 iPhone at Walmart

Remember not too long ago the rumors that Apple was planning to sell its Jesusphone, er, iPhone, at Walmart and Sam's Club starting Dec. 28? And that, in line with these retailers' missions, it would be at a discount? Well now we might know...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Apple Inc., BoyGeniusReport, Smart Phones, Retail, Cellular Phones, Digital Music, Handhelds, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-12-04

RealDVD officially launches, so does lawsuit

RealDVD officially launches, so does lawsuitThis is stupid. I already do this with AnyDVD and mymovies.Its essentially built into my movies if you pay for the anydvd software. On top of that.. you can also rip HD and Blueray.The only thing you cant do directly is burn the...

Tags: Consumer electronics, Standing Up, RealDVD, DVD, lawsuit

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

eBooks: The first step of a long change

eBooks: The first step of a long changeYes, indeed.It is a suicide Jack, but I was playing on the "content is king" trope.I might be interested in Great Expectations, if the eBook had links to historical information Dickens knew, how the book had informed later books -- through links to...

Tags: E-books, e-book, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-09-21

Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United Kingdom

Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2: United KingdomDatabasesSince you're paying attention... look at bills, proclamations, edicts, etc. in other parts of the world including the USA.The senate just passed a sweeping communications bill that has the same effect as the UK's "proposal". Seems that the G8 or some other organization...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Nate, Big Brother Getting Bigger Part 2, Microsoft Windows NT

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Best-Selling Philosophy Library. Over 300 works by Immanuel Kant, Cicero, Plato, Machiavelli & more 10.1 (Mobile)

Over 300 complete works by Immanuel Kant, Cicero, Plato, St. Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli, Thomas More, John Locke and more. Intuitive search and navigation.Start long description:Authors included in the library:Aristotle Thomas Aquinas Augustine of Hippo Marcus Aurelius Francis Bacon W. E. B. Du BoisJohn Bunyan Julius Caesar Gilbert Keith Chesterton Marcus...

Tags: Mobile, Voltaire Inc., Dialogue, Ethics, MobileReference, Business Ethics, Leadership, Management

Software downloads 2008-03-04

Best-Selling Philosophy Library. Over 300 complete works by Immanuel Kant, Cicero, Plato & more (Mobile)

The largest library for your computer, Smartphone, BlackBerry, or PDA. Over 300 complete works. The library is delivered as 34 collections, organized by philosopher. Easy book access through categorical, alphabetical, and chronological indexes. Convenient one-time download, and no clutter of titles in your digital library. Authors included in the library:Aristotle...

Tags: Mobile, Library, Voltaire Inc., Dialogue, MobileReference, Business Ethics, PDAs, Handhelds, Leadership, Management, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-03-04

FREE Benjamin Franklin's Way to Wealth (Mobile)

Benjamin Franklin compiled these pearls of wisdom on wealth and personal finance from Poor Richard's Almanac. Today is the 250th anniversary since the book fist appeared as a pamphlet in 1758. Some proverbs from Benjamin Franklin's Way to Wealth: "There are no gains, without pains" "One today is worth two...

Tags: Mobile, Biology

Software downloads 2008-02-05

Santa's delivered the Open Government Act

Santa's delivered the Open Government ActWriting on the wall???Bush just happened to sign a document that would only come into effect on the last day of his presidency. The only writing on the wall that he probably saw was that the Dems are going to win the next election, and...

Tags: Open-Government Act, Amero, Santa

Discussion threads 2008-01-09

New spare lithium battery travel rules go into effect 1 January 2008

New spare lithium battery travel rules go into effect 1 January 2008Don't forget to pack the these essentials...o Nokia usb cable (CA-70) cell phone power adapter for your N800 and N95o Linksys USB 2.0 EtherNet Network Adaptoro Asus WL-530G 802.11 b/g mobile travel wireless routero Power Inverter 175Watto Portable Nuclear...

Tags: Engineering, battery, lithium battery, January 2008

Discussion threads 2007-12-29

How many medical gadgets changed the world?

9. That's how many medical related devices turn up on The Independent of England's arbitrary list of the "101 gadgets that changed the world." In some ways the list is rather silly but it does give some indication of which medical gadgets are considered...

Tags: Gadget, Tablets, Team Management, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2007-11-30

House rejects immunity for phone companies in spy suits

House rejects immunity for phone companies in spy suitsbettersell your stock in those who are involved.....Abe Lincoln Said it BestHer are a couple of quotes from the first Republican President:"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government,...

Tags: Vertical industries, immunity, phone company, government, phone

Discussion threads 2007-11-16

NSA cooperation: OK for e-mail, IM companies?

NSA cooperation: OK for e-mail, IM companies?This whole mess tells me that...Some really, REALLY bad stuff is about to be uncovered.Not good. Government uses paranoia to expand power.If the bill had included the clause, "provided that the parties involved in wiretapping was approved by a FISA court", I would agree...

Tags: Instant messaging, Vertical industries, Federal government, IM company, NSA, government, IM, e-mail, Rockefeller

Discussion threads 2007-10-22